Improvement in hay-hacks



A. c. BAYLEY;

Hay Back. No. 89,619. Patented May 4, i869.

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ANG-ELINE- BAYLEY, OF BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN, ADMINISTRA- TRIX OF lHE ESTA-TE OF ALDEN C. BAYLEY, DECEASED.

Letters Patent No.'89,(19, dated May 4, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAY-RACKS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that ALDEN O. BAYLEY, of Battle Creek, in the county of Calhoun, and State of Michigan, invented a new and usefullmprovement in Hay- Racks; and that the following -is a full and accurate description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

' Figure 1 is a perspective view of said invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the bottom of the same. Like letters indicate like parts in each figure.

The nature of this invention is so to construct a hay-rack, to be used upon ordinary wagons, that it need not be so high as those in ordinary use, thereby lessening the danger of turning over, and that will be so arranged as to allow the forward wheels of the wagon to cramp, in turning or changing direction, with ease, and without interfering with the frame of the hay-rack.

In order to accomplish this end, a rack may be constructed of ordinary form, with floor-timbers A extending from near the rear end of the rack, and meeting at the centre B, near the forward end of the rack, in which position said timbers A are sustained by diagonal braces B.

This rack may 'be set directly down upon the bolsters of an ordinary lumber or farm-wagon, and in changing direction of said wagon, the forward wheels will cramp into the diagonal space formed by the diagonal position of the floor-timbers A and braces B, as 

